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Urban Greening: May update

May 12th, 2010 · 4 Comments · General

Please see here for an update on what we’ve been up to so far.
The next outdoor session will be Sat 29th May 10am to 3pm in Picton Square.  Come and tell us what you like and don’t like about urban greening so far, and what you want to see in the future!
The next planning meeting [...]

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Growing group: meeting 25th March

March 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, General, Green Spaces, Minutes, Parks

We didn’t take full minutes, but a flavour of the evening is below. Shiona, Sally, Lucy, Steve, Karen, Ingrid, Esther, Simon, Danny, Chris, Claudia, David and Mima attended.
The Mapping Day on Sunday went very well, with about 30 people in attendance and everyone enjoying the walk and cakes.  Many people felt uncomfortable identifying gardens as [...]

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Montpelier Growing Group Resources

March 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Food, General, Green Spaces, Parks

The Growing Group is currently identifying spaces in Montpelier to plant trees, fruits, vegetables and wildlife friendly plants. We welcome all residents to get involved.
As well as our most valuable resource – people power (!) – we are also in need of materials to transform these spaces. If you have anything to offer, [...]

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Food: discussion summary from open meeting 10/02/10

February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Food, General, Parks, Projects

At the Open Meeting on 10th Feb we had a really enthusiastic and idea filled discussion about sustainable food in Montpelier!  As Energy was the hot hot topic of the night we had a small group, but we’re sure there are plenty of other people who would be interested, both from the Energy discussion and [...]

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Newsletter 4: Jan 2010

January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · General, Newsletters

Hello with a grrr and a brrr
Welcome to 2010.  Over the past few weeks with the disappointment of Copenhagen (grrr), the importance of a grass roots response to climate change and peak oil is even clearer. If you couple the very cold winter (brrr), which highlighted both vulnerabilities in national food supply as well as [...]

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The Picton Square Development – A constructive way to benefit the neighbourhood, build community spirit and capacity.

October 1st, 2009 · 5 Comments · Projects

A common complaint in the neighbourhood has been to do with cars: (too many, parking problems, pedestrian clearways, residents’ access, safety, fumes, etc.  Since car ownership and the number of households in Montpelier are increasing, the view is that there may well be more cars here in the future.  What can we do about all [...]

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